Jayanta Biswas v. State of West Bengal
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail application (Section 439 CrPC / Section 483 BNSS 2023) by Jayanta Biswas in Habra PS Case No. 589 of 2024 (Sections 85/103(1)/238/61(2) BNS) decided 13.05.2025 by Suvra Ghosh, J.; bail allowed on parity ground after about 7 months in custody; accused of jointly pressurising the victim-complainant (of rape) to withdraw her case, leading to her suicide; bond Rs.10,000/- with two sureties, one local, before CJM Barasat, North 24 Parganas; proximate-cause question left open for trial; State represented by Z. N. Khan and Sujata Das, petitioner by Debasis Kar.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner Jayanta Biswas to be released on bail on furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each (one must be local), to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barasat, North 24 Parganas, conditioned on appearance on every date fixed by the trial Court and non-tampering with evidence or intimidation of witnesses; trial Court at liberty to cancel bail for unjustified absence without further reference to this Court; case diary to be returned.